Three years after a man was killed in a south Kansas City neighborhood, police have issued a new public plea for someone to come forward with tips.

Charles Bates was shot in the middle of the afternoon, March 26, 2012, near 80th Street and Brooklyn Avenue.

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Police said there were several witnesses to the shooting and they charged one person, but they had to release the suspect because the witnesses wouldn't cooperate.

The victim's mother, Tina Madge, said an arrest and conviction would mean a lot to her.

"It would give me a big relief, a big relief and I don't want them to only step forward for my child, but for anybody else because parents, family -- we hurt," she said. "To know that there's a killer out on the street and they get to walk free, and our children or our brothers and sisters are gone. It's not fair. It's not fair."

Anyone with information is asked to call the Crime Stoppers TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477.